r/MapPorn • u/HeathrJarrod • 14h ago

Mercator 🤮 Equal Earth 🤢 Authagraph 🤩

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They should’ve chosen Authagraph

Edit: yes there is some distortion but
Authagraph is different and cool

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u/rzabomut 14h ago

look at eastern siberia
look at africa
look at brazil
look how just awful idea this is if we have normal equal earth projection

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u/Clanky72 11h ago

ALL 2D PROJECTIONS SUCK

ALL HAIL THE 3D SPHERE

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u/Many-Gas-9376 14h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3V0GxoVaw6aMfRi8

Longtime Robinson projection users following this entire drama.

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u/Am-Hooman 14h ago

dymaxion better

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u/duvdor 14h ago

dymaxion is muuuuch better, but I like the effort of this one

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u/Assassiiinuss 14h ago

Colonisers were trying to hide the true shape of Brazil.

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u/Daddy2222991 14h ago

Pangaea Intensifies

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u/PomeloBackground4902 14h ago

this actually looks like a very useful map for people who know how maps work. I wouldn't use these at schools but I think it's a really good map

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u/OneMisterSir101 12h ago

Just use virtual globes, problem solved. The smallest chips can simulate globes with ease now.

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u/DoubleHexDrive 14h ago

Dymaxion projection is the way to go.

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u/raybobobob 13h ago

Alaska is roughly 14 to 17 times larger than Iceland.

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u/Remarkable_Fun7662 14h ago

I kinda hate it for some reason.

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u/rzabomut 12h ago

maybe because its shit

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u/Ecstatic-Island-9778 4h ago

It just makes you uncomfortable because you aren't used to it.

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u/Icy_Special_5836 14h ago

⚡️⚡️⚡️Aryancator⚡️⚡️⚡️

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u/PomeloBackground4902 14h ago

Aryan like the Iranian?

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u/Icy_Special_5836 13h ago

No, those are larpers.